Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
गंगायां क्रियते श्राद्धं येषां नाम्ना स्वकैः सुतैः । ते विमानं समाश्रित्य प्रयांति नरकोपरि
gaṃgāyāṃ kriyate śrāddhaṃ yeṣāṃ nāmnā svakaiḥ sutaiḥ | te vimānaṃ samāśritya prayāṃti narakopari
Those for whom their own sons perform Śrāddha in the Gaṅgā in their name—such souls, taking refuge in a celestial chariot (vimāna), proceed beyond and above hell.
Bhīṣma
Tirtha: Gaṅgā
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: At a Gaṅgā ghat, sons perform śrāddha in the ancestor’s name; the departed is shown ascending in a radiant vimāna, passing above hell.
FAQs
Proper ancestral rites performed at a great tīrtha, especially Gaṅgā, are portrayed as liberating and elevating for the departed.
Gaṅgā—specifically the performance of Śrāddha at the Gaṅgā tīrtha.
Śrāddha performed by sons in the ancestor’s name at the Gaṅgā.